Extreme workout: Major league slugger turns it up a notch

Jose Bautista did sneak in some December golf at David Ortiz's charity event in the D.R.

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With spring training less than a month away, most major leaguers have been working out in their offseason hometowns so they don’t show up to Florida or Arizona out of shape.

Plus, in today’s era — unlike the days your father or grandfather loves to talk about — ballplayers can’t slack off in the winter and just show up to spring camp figuring on getting in game-playing shape by Opening Day. There’s too much competition.

Even a guy who hit 152 homers the past four seasons isn’t going to relax and take it easy.

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The below Instagram post is from Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista, who led the majors in homers in 2010 (54) and 2011 (43) — injuries shortened his past two season when he hit 27 in 2012 and 28 last year.

So for you Joey Bats fans, don’t fret, he’s hard at work … then again, maybe him and his buddies ran out of gas. (We’re pretty sure Bautista is the guy on the lower right in the green sneakers.)